“Family Tree” traces the origins, descendants, and relationships of some of Cape May’s oldest and most prominent African American families—the Turners, the Vances, the Majors and the Boses.
The exhibit will be at the Carriage House Gallery at the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., and is co-sponsored by the Center for Community Arts (CCA) and the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC).
It opens Saturday, Jan. 17 and runs through Saturday, April 11. A free opening reception for the exhibit will be held at the Carriage House Gallery on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 19 at 4 p.m.
Join a group of distinguished historians for the free panel discussion, “Family Tree, Many Families Come to Life” on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. in the Carriage House Gallery.
Admission to the Gallery is $2 for adults and $1 for children, ages 3-12 or free with any tour of the Physick estate.
For information on the exhibit, call 609-884-7525 or see CenterforCommunityArts.org.
For more information about MAC’s year-round schedule of tours, festivals, special events, and gallery hours, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278 or see capemaymac.org.
